title: Artificial intelligence for medical decision making.
abstract: Artificial intelligence techniques find extensive applications in medical decision making and other aspects of health care. A number of successful expert systems have been developed in various disciplines of medicine. This paper gives an overview of expert system techniques, describes some practical systems, and discusses the relevance of such systems in clinical diagnosis and management of diseases.
authors.affiliation: Medical College, Trivandrum.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vasudevan
mesh_terms: D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans